Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-454) and index.
Contents:
The city besieged -- Will globalization lead to permanent pandemic? -- Can Indian sewers make Indiana healthier? -- Can our bodies be more pandemic proof? -- Why did so much healthcare spending produce so little health? -- Do robots spread disease? -- What is the future of downtown? -- The battle for Boyle Heights and the closing of the metropolitan frontier -- Urbanization and its discontents -- A future with more hope than fear.
Summary:
"In Survival of the City, an urbanist and a public health expert join forces to explain where cities are right now and provide a prescription for a healthy future for them"-- Provided by publisher.
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